diff --git a/examples/fitness/lib/meal.dart b/examples/fitness/lib/meal.dart
index 10e0703ed9a..945ea98edf4 100644
--- a/examples/fitness/lib/meal.dart
+++ b/examples/fitness/lib/meal.dart
@@ -84,19 +84,15 @@ class MealFragmentState extends State<MealFragment> {
 
   Widget buildBody() {
     Meal meal = new Meal(when: new DateTime.now());
-    // TODO(ianh): Fix Block such that we could use that here instead of rolling our own
-    return new ScrollableViewport(
-      child: new Container(
-        padding: const EdgeDims.all(20.0),
-        child: new BlockBody(<Widget>[
-          new Text(meal.displayDate),
-          new Input(
-            key: descriptionKey,
-            placeholder: 'Describe meal',
-            onChanged: _handleDescriptionChanged
-          ),
-        ])
-      )
+    return new Block(<Widget>[
+        new Text(meal.displayDate),
+        new Input(
+          key: descriptionKey,
+          placeholder: 'Describe meal',
+          onChanged: _handleDescriptionChanged
+        ),
+      ],
+      padding: const EdgeDims.all(20.0)
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/examples/fitness/lib/settings.dart b/examples/fitness/lib/settings.dart
index eb4764e6020..21404f996a7 100644
--- a/examples/fitness/lib/settings.dart
+++ b/examples/fitness/lib/settings.dart
@@ -90,29 +90,25 @@ class SettingsFragmentState extends State<SettingsFragment> {
   }
 
   Widget buildSettingsPane(BuildContext context) {
-    // TODO(ianh): Make Block capable of doing this
-    return new ScrollableViewport(
-      child: new Container(
-        padding: const EdgeDims.symmetric(vertical: 20.0),
-        child: new BlockBody(<Widget>[
-          new DrawerItem(
-            onPressed: () { _handleBackupChanged(!(config.userData.backupMode == BackupMode.enabled)); },
-            child: new Row(<Widget>[
-              new Flexible(child: new Text('Back up data to the cloud')),
-              new Switch(value: config.userData.backupMode == BackupMode.enabled, onChanged: _handleBackupChanged),
-            ])
-          ),
-          new DrawerItem(
-            onPressed: () => _handleGoalWeightPressed(),
-            child: new Column(<Widget>[
-                new Text('Goal Weight'),
-                new Text(goalWeightText, style: Theme.of(context).text.caption),
-              ],
-              alignItems: FlexAlignItems.start
-            )
-          ),
-        ])
-      )
+    return new Block(<Widget>[
+        new DrawerItem(
+          onPressed: () { _handleBackupChanged(!(config.userData.backupMode == BackupMode.enabled)); },
+          child: new Row(<Widget>[
+            new Flexible(child: new Text('Back up data to the cloud')),
+            new Switch(value: config.userData.backupMode == BackupMode.enabled, onChanged: _handleBackupChanged),
+          ])
+        ),
+        new DrawerItem(
+          onPressed: () => _handleGoalWeightPressed(),
+          child: new Column(<Widget>[
+              new Text('Goal Weight'),
+              new Text(goalWeightText, style: Theme.of(context).text.caption),
+            ],
+            alignItems: FlexAlignItems.start
+          )
+        ),
+      ],
+      padding: const EdgeDims.symmetric(vertical: 20.0)
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/examples/stocks/lib/stock_settings.dart b/examples/stocks/lib/stock_settings.dart
index 687668b4769..f98dc892619 100644
--- a/examples/stocks/lib/stock_settings.dart
+++ b/examples/stocks/lib/stock_settings.dart
@@ -81,34 +81,31 @@ class StockSettingsState extends State<StockSettings> {
   Widget buildSettingsPane(BuildContext context) {
     // TODO(ianh): Once we have the gesture API hooked up, fix https://github.com/domokit/mojo/issues/281
     // (whereby tapping the widgets below causes both the widget and the menu item to fire their callbacks)
-    return new ScrollableViewport(
-      child: new Container(
-        padding: const EdgeDims.symmetric(vertical: 20.0),
-        child: new BlockBody(<Widget>[
-          new DrawerItem(
-            icon: 'action/thumb_up',
-            onPressed: () => _confirmOptimismChange(),
-            child: new Row(<Widget>[
-              new Flexible(child: new Text('Everything is awesome')),
-              new Checkbox(
-                value: config.optimism == StockMode.optimistic,
-                onChanged: (bool value) => _confirmOptimismChange()
-              ),
-            ])
-          ),
-          new DrawerItem(
-            icon: 'action/backup',
-            onPressed: () { _handleBackupChanged(!(config.backup == BackupMode.enabled)); },
-            child: new Row(<Widget>[
-              new Flexible(child: new Text('Back up stock list to the cloud')),
-              new Switch(
-                value: config.backup == BackupMode.enabled,
-                onChanged: _handleBackupChanged
-              ),
-            ])
-          ),
-        ])
-      )
+    return new Block(<Widget>[
+        new DrawerItem(
+          icon: 'action/thumb_up',
+          onPressed: () => _confirmOptimismChange(),
+          child: new Row(<Widget>[
+            new Flexible(child: new Text('Everything is awesome')),
+            new Checkbox(
+              value: config.optimism == StockMode.optimistic,
+              onChanged: (bool value) => _confirmOptimismChange()
+            ),
+          ])
+        ),
+        new DrawerItem(
+          icon: 'action/backup',
+          onPressed: () { _handleBackupChanged(!(config.backup == BackupMode.enabled)); },
+          child: new Row(<Widget>[
+            new Flexible(child: new Text('Back up stock list to the cloud')),
+            new Switch(
+              value: config.backup == BackupMode.enabled,
+              onChanged: _handleBackupChanged
+            ),
+          ])
+        ),
+      ],
+      padding: const EdgeDims.symmetric(vertical: 20.0)
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dropdown.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dropdown.dart
index 66a152d0dfb..b11b1071a5b 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dropdown.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dropdown.dart
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class _DropdownMenu extends StatusTransitionComponent {
             builder: (BuildContext context) {
               RenderBox renderBox = context.findRenderObject();
               return new CustomPaint(
-                child: new ScrollableViewport(child: new Container(child: new Column(children))),
+                child: new Block(children),
                 onPaint: (ui.Canvas canvas, Size size) {
                   double top = renderBox.globalToLocal(new Point(0.0, menuTop.value)).y;
                   double bottom = renderBox.globalToLocal(new Point(0.0, menuBottom.value)).y;
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/popup_menu.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/popup_menu.dart
index 6c8231364f2..5fc1cf9b8f1 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/popup_menu.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/popup_menu.dart
@@ -76,14 +76,11 @@ class _PopupMenu extends StatelessComponent {
               ),
               child: new IntrinsicWidth(
                 stepWidth: _kMenuWidthStep,
-                child: new ScrollableViewport(
-                  child: new Container(
-                    // TODO(abarth): Teach Block about padding.
-                    padding: const EdgeDims.symmetric(
-                      horizontal: _kMenuHorizontalPadding,
-                      vertical: _kMenuVerticalPadding
-                    ),
-                    child: new BlockBody(children)
+                child: new Block(
+                  children,
+                  padding: const EdgeDims.symmetric(
+                    horizontal: _kMenuHorizontalPadding,
+                    vertical: _kMenuVerticalPadding
                   )
                 )
               )
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/scrollable.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/scrollable.dart
index f22443eaa68..b5223e1780a 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/scrollable.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/scrollable.dart
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ class ScrollableViewportState extends ScrollableState<ScrollableViewport> {
 class Block extends StatelessComponent {
   Block(this.children, {
     Key key,
+    this.padding,
     this.initialScrollOffset,
     this.scrollDirection: ScrollDirection.vertical,
     this.onScroll
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@ class Block extends StatelessComponent {
   }
 
   final List<Widget> children;
+  final EdgeDims padding;
   final double initialScrollOffset;
   final ScrollDirection scrollDirection;
   final ScrollListener onScroll;
@@ -401,11 +403,14 @@ class Block extends StatelessComponent {
   }
 
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    Widget contents = new BlockBody(children, direction: _direction);
+    if (padding != null)
+      contents = new Padding(padding: padding, child: contents);
     return new ScrollableViewport(
       initialScrollOffset: initialScrollOffset,
       scrollDirection: scrollDirection,
       onScroll: onScroll,
-      child: new BlockBody(children, direction: _direction)
+      child: contents
     );
   }
 }